Collective wisdom: principles and mechanisms
"James Madison wrote, 'Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.' The contributors to this volume discuss and for the most part challenge this claim by asking whether many minds can be wiser than one"-- "James Madison wrote…
Teaching politics and international relations
"A state of the discipline approach to teaching and learning in Politics and IR including contributions which discuss the most cutting-edge approaches, techniques, and methodologies for tutors. This book discusses the themes and challenges in teaching and learning whilst also ex…
En este libro, el profesor Georges Balandier, sociologo y antropologo de prestigio internacional, aporta una revolucionaria respuesta a una pregunta -¿que es el poder?- que los seres humanos se vienen planteando desde que viven en sociedad: el poder, afirma, es la forma suprema …
This classic work of political theory and practice offers an account of the modern Machiavellians, a remarkable group who have been influential in Europe and practically unknown in theUnited States. The book devotes a long section to Machiavelli himself as well as to such modern…
"Political institutions are or ought to be the main subject of political theory. The essays in this collection are works of political theory devoted specifically to the institutions and institutional principles of modern democracy. They illustrate the author's contention in the …
